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Bridgit Mendler's Northwood makes ground station connection with Planet Labs in key test | TechCrunch

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Northwood Space successfully connected with Planet Labs satellites last week .

The startup is aiming to solve what it calls “the bottleneck for space” The ground station is the terrestrial infrastructure that enables satellites to communicate with Earth and vice versa.

Unlike traditional parabolic dish antennas, Northwood ’s antenna can connect with multiple satellites simultaneously.

The company is exploring sites both in the U.S. and internationally.

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